Welcome to Year 3! 

Oakes - Miss Beresford

Barber Class - Miss Bailey

Shrewsbury Class - Miss Hibbitt (maternity cover for Miss Jarrett)

Teaching Assistants

Mrs Bradley, Mrs Henstock, Mrs Skelding, Miss James 

Additional Teaching Staff  

Mr Whiteman, Miss Smith, Mrs Fox - Forest School/Wider Curriculum/Wellbeing Mentor/PE

Summer Term 2025

Welcome to your final term in Year 3! We have been very busy in Year 3 this year, finding out about the Mayans, North and South America and ventured into the backwards world of the Creakers! We even managed to squeeze in a trip to Cadbury World. This term, we will be enhancing our writing skills ready for Year 4, learning lots of new Maths knowledge and starting our brand new Book Study. We'll finish off the term with a visit to Eyam to round up our fantastic History topic taught by Miss Smith. 

Unit of Learning

Coasts 

During our Geography lessons, we will be learning all about Coasts. We will explore how coasts are formed and how erosion creates different formations such as caves, arches and stacks. We will look at how coasts have been used over time for tourism and the human impact on them. 

Maths

Fractions

We will build on our Year 2 knowledge of fractions and investigate how to calculate, compare and represent using fractions. We will explore unit and non-unit fractions and begin to understand equivalent fractions. This will set us up well for Year 4! 

Statistics

We will use pictograms, bar charts and tables to understand and interpret data. We will collect our own data and choose different ways to represent this. 

Time

We will be learning to tell the time to the exact minute using an analogue clock. We will also look at AM and PM using a digital clock. We will use this new knowledge to help us solve real life problems.

Shape

Our shape learning will involve 2D and 3D shapes, exploring the properties of these shapes including their angles. We will explore angles as turns and be introduced to right angles.

Reading

Book Study

Our Book Study this half term is The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. 

At Riddings Junior School, to become good readers, we use 8 Inferential Reading Strategies (IRS) to explore new texts. Please see below or school’s strategies and feel free to use them when listening to your child read at home. We will also be continuing phonics learning. Please support your child by practising reading and sounds at home.

Wider Curriculum

You will do either Forest School or PE on a Wednesday. This will run on a half termly cycle and your child will be told which they will do. All children will do PE on a Friday so please come to school in your kit. You do not need to bring a change of clothes for PE lessons

For Forest School days, please come to school in your school uniform. We will get changed into Forest School kit in the afternoon.

Home Learning

Maths

In Year 3, we have already started to develop our core maths skills by using Numbots and TT Rock Stars. Please access these apps daily for short bursts of learning, as these skills are fundamental.

Reading

Your child should be reading at least three times a week to support their fluency and comprehension. 

Spelling Frame

As we progress through the phonics curriculum, we will move on to spelling rules. Please access Spelling Frame each week to support your in-class learning.